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title: Looking back: in chapter I, what other «fads» had Toad taken up befo… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I, what other «fads» had Toad taken up before? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 9 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

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Looking back: in chapter I, what other «fads» had Toad taken up before?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** look back, take up · **To what, where:** chapter

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t9:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I, what other «fads» had Toad taken up before?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	fads	fad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **take up** | past · perfect · passive |  | chapter |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Fishing and hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t9:o1:1
# text = Fishing and hunting
1	Fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Sailing, punting and house-boating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t9:o2:1
# text = Sailing, punting and house-boating
1	Sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	punting	punt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	boating	boating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **punt** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chess, cards and singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t9:o3:1
# text = Chess, cards and singing
1	Chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cycling, golf and horse-riding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t9:o4:1
# text = Cycling, golf and horse-riding
1	Cycling	cycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	golf	golf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	riding	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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